Bren-Tex Tractor Co. v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.

MAJORITY OPINION

RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Justice.

In this statutory indemnity case, Bren-Tex Tractor Co., Inc. and BrenTex Farm and Ranch Service (collectively, “Bren-Tex”) appeal a take-nothing judgment in favor of Massey-Ferguson, Inc., Massey-Ferguson (Delaware), Inc., Massey-Ferguson Corp., Varity Assets Corporation, Varity Corporation, and AGCO Corporation (collectively, “Massey”) on the grounds that: (1) the trial court erred by denying Bren-Tex’s cross-claim for indemnity because (a) there is no evidence that Bren-Tex was independently hable for the underlying claims; and (b) the release and…